Hi Anonymous,

Unfortunately visa requirements are also valid for consultants. Some thoughts on that:

• In some areas you might not necessarily need a passport to travel - sometimes an official personal ID card is enough.
• If you are required to travel in other destinations with visa requirements, you/admin staff needs to care about it on time. Sometimes you might be on the beach 1-2 weeks before starting a new project, and in some countries a valid argumentation can speed up visa applications enormously.
• Some countries issue even multi-year visa for business travel - that helps in the long term.
• If for administrative reasons you can't get a visa, either you will join the project later on-site or somebody else will do it who already has a visa.

Long story short - unless you have your visa already, you need to plan for it. Not always easy and fun, but also consultants are mere mortals travelling in this respect.

Hope that helps - if so, please be so kind and give it a thumbs-up with the green upvote button below!

Robert

Hi!

I had to go through this many times!

As mentioned by the other expert here, it is better to apply for Schengen and US visas while you are on the beach. Though, I would advise you to check if you can apply right after you join (as you may be staffed right away, and it would not be ideal to stay in Dubai, while the rest of the team is in Riyadh).

Especially for your bi-annual training events, you may need to travel to Europe. If your project leader is okay with it, you can stay in Dubai for a week or two, and work remotely while waiting for the visa. In some cases (which happened to me), I applied for a Schengen visa in Riyadh and stayed in the city for a weekend (as I had to work on the client's side, so I couldn't afford to work remotely).

Hope this is useful.

Best,

Deniz

Dear A,

Of course there is some routine that you need to be acquainted with.

You can make it in advance, while you have your preparational and introductory training. Also, You can use invitations and supportive documents from the company to make this process faster.

Actually, due to the COVID situation traveling faced so many restrictions. So consultance have to adapt on that.

Best,

André

Hi there,

In addition to the other excellent responses by the other coaches, I'd just like to add: lean on your company's HR office. When in doubt, check with them! They've done this a million times and know the drill.